Drafting Essay

For the past week I have been on google and google scholar searching for acceptable articles for my research topic. I found it extremely helpful that as soon as I found a site or article that I wanted to use I would write down the works cited MLA format for the site. Then, I would read through the article more thoroughly and write down key points I wanted to remember. I would also write down certain quotes I may want to use in my essay. After reading through the article, I would write out a summary for the whole document. I would also add in my own opinions and ideas about the article's ideas. In doing this annotation it became easier to figure out what I was going to write about in my essay. However, I think it is going to be hard for me to write ten pages about one thing. The "S.O.F.T" idea will help keep my essay on track but I think it will be difficult to follow the S.O.F.T. I have many ideas that I find interesting about my topic and I would love to talk about all of them. I need to realize that a good essay needs to go more in depth about a few of the topics that I love to make it more interesting and better written. My essay, I believe, will most certainly develop into an argumentative essay because after doing my research I have decided I want to take a stand on the topic. My essay will be arguing why people should think a certain way about my topic. I don't want my essay to turn into a persuasive essay so I will try not to become too involved in the persuasive aspect. I will try to present the facts which will in turn lead people to believe the same way I do about the topic.